Daily Republican., 1887-08-20
PErE's CONvEKsION.

A letter from Las Vegas to the K ansss
City Times says: '5omething of sen.
sation has bseu caused lately Ia New
Mexico cowboy society by the sudden
and complete conversion OF Conan che
Pete, one of the erst while widest,
wickedest, cussedest one OF them all. He
WAS known 40 o holy terror would
shoot at the drop Of hat and had the
capacity Of . distillery for srdent
spirits. He 10 Q changed man now, and
spends hts time lsborinR among the
co cowboys, epdeavoring to turn them
from their evil ways. He quit drink
Ing, but takes no bluff from the rough.
or element, which some times endeav ors
to dr0w his voice while he is exhort
Ing. He tells them that II they want
some pistol play he is willin', and
feliers, you know I generally kills my
meat He is another Sam Jones in em-
bryo, has all OF the Western dialect, and
uses as illustrations such things only -
his hearers are familiar with His talk
recently in Billie & Jos's saloon may
not have been strictly orthodox. but 1t
was impressive and effective also:
'Feilers, you are mavericks now;
there is NO brand on You yet. Your
mothers xnd sisters, apd mebbs fathers,
belonged to God outfit, but you stray ed
aw ay before the spring roundup com
menced ut home. You became NAV.
eriok, and every outfit has men out
after you to catch and mark you. God's
outfit has hundreds Of men huntin q
you, an so has old man Devil. God's
major domos are kind. good men, who
will take you TO Q green range, with
plenty Of pure, cool water. and you d
better git his brand on you right Off
You're dead safe with that outfit, but
ysa mustn't monkey along nibbliDg ct
all tue green grass you happen to sos
along the trail OF life.
"Old man: :DeviI:will rope and brand
you Of you do, an0 then when the final
round up comes and they cut out all
brands but their own you will find your
| SETS browsing around on the short burr
ranges Of hell. You remem ber fellows,
that dandy green trail that led down to
the Pinevetas. and how Bill rcher fed
hts herd along there. thinking green
grass and shade trees and good water
was all along. You know how they
got down In tue canyon and struck on ! >
sand and alkali, and how, before they
| could get out, sand storm struck them
and killed most of the outfit. Well,
that's the way exactly the trail Is thA,
leads 10 the ranges OF Lucifer's outfit
A good many OF you are on that trail
now, and you'd better turn off on sid.
trail. The DEVILS branding pens are
built, the branding irons are hot, and
can't save yoursefs nor turn back II you
ever get your heads In the chutes tha
lead TO the branding pan
YOU'LL be alkalied and sand stormet
and stampeded through the capyonl
and mountains and pits Of hell, and tn,
heel fly and screw.worms and black
legs will torment you ~ long as tim,
lasts. You'll be Quarantined forever
against entering the pastures of Heaven
and will be held just outside sometimes
so you can just look over and sec wha
you lost by being too broncho to ALLOW
the white herders to rope and brant
you
His talk affects his hearers becAus
1t is evidently sincere and beoause O
its quiutuess and strictly 'rangish
character. He may do much good
Who knows juet what instrument Go.
may choose to invite estrays back to tn
fold? He certainly has q wide range +
work over, and he will find numb berles
smAyericks' therein"